Federal Government has approved the setting up of central military commands in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. THE PUNCH learnt that the nation’s service chiefs took the decision after assessing the economic importance of the state to the country and the rising activities of cultists and pirates. Also, there has been a resurgence of violence in the […]
Those with unknown long distance friends on Facebook may need to be wary as a female corps member is now in the custody of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) over drug parcel sent by her London-based Facebook friend. The lady had, at the weekend, received a telephone call from her London friend about […]
FORMER Minister of Foreign Affairs, Professor Bolaji Akin-yemi, has warned that unless the country is bold enough to appropriate steps to resolve its contending issues in a consensual way, it may break into pieces in a violent way. Speaking as a guest lecturer at a public lecture organised in honour of the Peoples Democratic Party […]
OPERATIVES of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Tuesday, stormed the office of the Ogun State Property Investment Corporation (OPIC) and interrogated its officials. The officials of the anti-graft agency arrived at the headquarters of the OPIC, at Oke-Ilewo area of Abeokuta, at about 11.00 a.m, in a Honda Space bus, with registration […]
THE Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant-General Azubuike Ihejirika, on Tuesday, in Abuja, said 2,000 soldiers were being trained in Jaji and Kachia on counter-terrorism to combat security challenges. Ihejirika stated this at the two-day Nigerian Army (NA) Transformation Stakeholders Conference, with the “theme: Enhancing the Implementation Strategy for Nigerian Army Transformation.” He said the […]
From DAVID MOLOMO Wednesday, March 14, 2012 Fleeing from the military heat in Maiduguri, Borno State, Boko Haram may have relocated to neighbouring Mubi in Adamawa State. But soldiers pursued the Islamist sect members to the town on Monday. In an encounter, 11 people were killed. They include seven militants, a police Inspector, a soldier […]
By Samuel Oyadongha, Yenagoa Ex militants under the auspice of third phase amnesty Wednesday said the training and retraining of the youths in the Niger Delta should not be left for the federal government amnesty office alone. According to the group, it needs the collaboration of the state governments, the multinational corporation and other intervention […]
Newly promoted Deputy Inspector General of Police, John Haruna was among several other senior police officers confirmed dead in a Surveillance helicopter that crashed at noon today in the crisis ridden Jos, North Central Nigeria. The police helicopter which crashed into four houses in Kabong on a security facility occurred just as it was conveying […]
The timely intervention of security operatives prevented another bloodbath in Jos on Monday following Sunday’s bombing of the St. Finbarr’s Catholic Church, Rayfield, even as the death toll rose to 19. Tension mounted as the hostilities between Christian and Moslem youths that started on Sunday, escalated on Monday with unconfirmed reports of the disappearance of […]
By Inalegwu Shaibu ABUJA — The Senate has lambasted the Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, over its inability to fast track the installation of gas pipelines to facilitate the supply of gas generated in the country. The Senator Nkechi Nwoagu-led committee on gas had summoned DPR to explain the continuous inclusion of the construction of […]
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